Traditional fantasy roleplaying games

Chaos Overload

Being a collection of messy sorcerer deaths. Use for particularly dire magical mishaps or upon magic-user death for interesting variation. Consider crossing off entries when used and replacing with new options (unless you think it would be interesting for another magic-user to dissolve into green slime or whatever).

Acidic blood dissolves body

Head explodes, gore sprayed 10′ radius

Body falls apart at the joints, no bleeding

Flesh dissolves into green slime

Drawn and quartered by invisible forces

Blood turns to deadly poison (1 dose/level)

Bones vanish, body collapses like rag doll

Body becomes portal to random dimension

Spine/ribs gain malevolent sentience and tear themselves out (1 HD)

Pillar of incandescent fire, all within 10′ save or take 1d6 heat damage